I’ve always been a reserved cat. When I play sports, there’s people used to get mad at me because I didn’t hang out and things like that. I’ve never been that kind of person. Nothing has changed in that regard. I’ve never been posse, and all that. I’m a quiet storm.
BERNIE MACWhatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
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I wasn’t disciplined at all. As good of an athlete as I was, I was not disciplined. Had I had the drive that I have in comedy, and acting, and writing, that’s why I knew it just wasn’t right for me.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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You know, every time it comes, every time that light comes on or every time that camera comes on, every time that microphone comes on, the Mac Man seek and destroy.
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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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If you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don’t be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is your own self.
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When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
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I’m not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.
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I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
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People like rumors. They’re going to say things like, ‘You was at the club with Lil’ Kim, and you and Kanye West got into a fist fight.’ You can’t get upset. You’ve got to keep hope alive.
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Okay, first rule of this carpool. No breaking wind in my car. The only gas that Bernie Mac want to be smelling is unleaded.
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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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Hugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
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